Andrew Lound has supported astronomy and space science public awareness in the United Kingdom since the late 1970s having organized and funded many public activities in support of Birmingham Museum of Science & Industry. He was also co-organizer of the National Astronomy & Spaceflight Shows—shows of a style that changed the public view of astronomy events. He conceived and managed a large number of public science projects using developing technologies including telerobotics.

Andrew is a man of many interests who specializes in space science and astronomy from both a current and historical perspective. In these fields he is renowned for his extensive knowledge which is always up to date. His research into the 18 th century Lunar Society revealed many new and exciting discoveries about their activities including the discovery that Matthew Boulton, a man ahead of his time, had built an astronomical observatory in the grounds of Soho House, Birmingham.

He worked in cooperation with The Planetary Society, which is the world’s largest space interest group, for over thirty-years. He is a graduate of the London Academy of Radio Film and Television where he studied presentation techniques and television production. He can be heard regularly on BBC Radio WM where he is known as “The Urban Spaceman” and WM’s “Titanic Expert.”

He has a master’s degree in Astronomy with particular emphasis on Planetary Science. He worked with the California Institute of Technology JPL on promoting the Cassini Mission to Saturn; Acted as project manager of The Antoniadi Project – a British concept of a space- probe to the Hellas Region on Mars; Developing new presentation techniques involving augmented reality to promote space science to the general public.

He also has a BA in Media Studies which he uses in conjunction with his knowledge of space science to promote astronomy and space exploration to the general public. He has acted as advisor on a number of television and film productions as well as appearing in many of them.

He staged a highly acclaimed exhibition and programme of presentations in commemoration of the Apollo 11 Moon landing in 2019.